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SAN JOSE BARRACUDA GAME NOTES PROUD AHL AFFILIATE OF THE: J Date Team Result GAME NOTES | GAME 65 | WATCH: AHLTV | LISTEN: Sharks + Sap Center App Oct. 5 ONT W, 4-1 Oct. 6 @BAK W, 5-1 Oct. 10 BAK L, 2-3 (SO) San Jose Barracuda (36-21-3-4 .617) vs. Grand Rapids Griffins (38-24-6-4 .597) Oct. 13 @STK W, 6-4 Oct. 15 TUC W, 3-2 (SO) SATURDAY, APRIL 6 | 1:15 P.M. | SAP CENTER at SAN JOSE | SAN JOSE, CA Oct. 20 @STK W, 5-2 Oct. 21 STK L, 2-3 Today’s Matchup: In the final home game of the 2018-19 regular season, the Barracuda wrap up their four-game Oct. 26 @SA W, 2-1 season series with the Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday afternoon at the SAP Center. After a 3-1 win on Friday, Oct. 27 @TEX W, 6-1 the Barracuda are now 2-0-1-0 against the Red Wings affiliate this season and 4-1-0-2 all-time. The Griffins Nov. 2 SA W, 3-1 Nov. 5 STK W, 5-2 eliminated the Barracuda in five games in the Western Conference Finals in 2017 en-route to their second Calder Nov. 9 @TUC L, 0-5 Cup Championship in franchise history. Outside of the Pacific Division, the Barracuda are 7-2-0-1 this season and Nov. 10 @TUC L, 0-1 24-12-1-2 all-time. Nov. 18 COL W, 5-0 Nov. 23 @COL L, 3-4 (OT) Nov. 24 @COL L, 3-4 (SO) Clinching Scenarios: The Barracuda can clinch their fourth-straight Calder Cup playoff berth on Saturday if they Nov. 27 STK W, 4-2 can gain a single point on the Colorado Eagles who are in Chicago facing the Wolves over the next two nights. The Dec. 1 @STK W, 6-3 Barracuda are in with a win and a Colorado lost (reg/OT/SOL) at Chicago, OR (b) an OTL/SOL vs. Grand Rapids AND Dec. 3 SD W, 5-3 a Colorado regulation loss at Chicago. Dec. 8 @BAK W, 4-2 Dec. 9 BAK W, 4-0 Dec. 15 @SD L, 3-4 (SO) Sparking Special Teams: The Barracuda are a perfect 24-for-24 on the penalty kill over their last six games and Dec. 16 @ONT W, 5-2 now ranked eighth (82.9%) in the AHL on the PK. In addition, the Barracuda have found the back of the net on the Dec. 19 @SD L, 1-6 Dec. 21 TUC W, 4-3 (OT) power-play in their last five contests (7/18 = 39%). Dec. 22 TUC l, 3-4 Dec. 27 COL W, 3-1 The Truth: Prior to Friday, Barracuda forward Alex True had registered four assists over his last two games and Dec. 30 SD L, 1-5 Dec. 31 @STK W, 6-5 now ranks first on the Barracuda in points (54), goals (23), second in assists (31), T-third in plus/minus (+13), third Jan. 4 @SD L, 3-4 in points-per-game (.84) and first in game-winning goals (6). True’s six GWG are the most in a single season in Jan. 5 @ONT W, 2-1 Barracuda history. The Denmark native is just two goals shy of matching Barclay Goodrow’s single-season Jan. 9 ONT W, 3-1 Barracuda goal record (25 – 2017-18) and four points shy of matching Danny O’Regan’s single-season Barracuda Jan. 11 ONT L, 1-3 point record (58 – 2017-18). Jan. 13 STK W, 2-1 Jan. 18 TEX W, 2-1 Jan. 21 BAK L, 5-6 (OT) Dynamic Dezy: Barracuda defenseman Nick DeSimone saw his eight-game point streak (three goals, seven assists) Jan. 25 @GR W, 4-0 come to an end on Wednesday, but the sophomore d-man still ranks first on the Barracuda in assists (32), second Jan 26 @GR L, 2-3 (SO) Feb. 1 @STK W, 6-4 in points (45), T-fifth and goals (13) and T-first in power-play assists (9). Among all AHL blueliners, DeSimone ranks Feb. 2 STK W, 4-2 sixth in points and T-fifth in goals. Feb. 5 IA L. 2-4 Feb. 8 @BAK L, 1-3 Feb. 10 @ONT L. 3-4 Great Gambino: The Sharks reassigned rookie forward Dylan Gambrell to the Barracuda on Monday after Feb. 12 TUC W, 2-1 (SO) appearing in a pair of games in the NHL over the last week. Gambrell ranks 15th among AHL first-year players in Feb. 16 SD L, 3-8 points (42), T-5th in goals (18), T-17th in points-per-game (.89), and T-11th in shots (137). Feb. 18 SD W, 5-2 Feb. 21 @IA L, 3-4 th th Feb. 22 @IA W, 3-2 (SO) Henner Heating Up: In his 550 career AHL game on Friday and 20 in teal, T.J. Hensick extended his point streak Feb. 24 @STK L, 1-4 to five games as he set up Ivan Chekhovich on the power-play. The 12-year vet, now has 584 (171 goals, 414 Feb. 26 IA W, 5-3 assists) points in his AHL career. Among active AHL players, the Howell, Michigan, native is 11th in games played, Mar. 1 @ONT L, 4-8 eighth in goals, third in assists, and second in points. Mar. 2 @BAK L, 2-5 Mar. 6 BAK L, 4-8 Mar. 9 BAK L, 1-7 Chek Mate: Forward Ivan Chekhovich was assigned to the Barracuda on Wednesday and scored on his first shot on Mar. 10 STK W, 5-4 (SO) Friday against Grand Rapids. A season ago, as a 19-year-old, Chekhovich along with fellow rookie Sasha Chmelevski Mar. 16 COL L, 2-3 Mar. 17 COL W, 9-0 sparked one of the most unlikely playoff runs as the Barracuda won their final six regular season games to reach Mar. 23 @TUC L, 2-3 (OT) the postseason. In those six games, the Russian born forward totaled nine points (three goals, six assists) and Mar. 24 @TUC L, 1-2 scored his first pro goal on his first pro shot on April 4, 2018. As a member of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the Mar. 27 @SD W. 3-2 QMJHL this past season, Chekhovich netted four hat-tricks during the season, including a pair of four-goal efforts Mar. 29 ONT W, 5-0 and was named the QMJHL Ultramar Player of the Week three different times. Chekhovich, 20, just completed his Mar. 30 @BAK W. 4-2 Apr. 3 SD L, 3-4 third season with Baie-Comeau, finishing second in the league in scoring (105), T-fourth in goals (43), T-third in Apr. 5 GR W, 3-1 assists (62) and fifth in points-per-game (1.59). Apr. 6 GR Apr. 10 @SD Apr. 12 @COL Apr. 13 @COL Regular Season Team Leaders (2018-19) Regular Season Records (2018-19) Points: 54, Alex True Home: 21-10-1-1 Goals: 23, Alex True Road: 14-12-2-3 Assists: 32, Nick DeSimone Pacific Division: 29-19-3-3 PP Goals: 8, Jon Dahlen Central Division: 7-2-0-1 SH Goals: 1, multiple players Western Conference: 36-21-3-4 GW Goals: 6, Alex True Eastern Conference: PIMS: 90, Jeffrey Viel Situational Records: +/-: +15, Kyle Wood 1-Goal Game: 11-9-3-4 Shootout Totals 2-Goal Game: 13-3-0-0 After a Win: 13-14-3-3 Shooter G/A % Shooter G/A % After a Loss: 12-8-0-0 Letunov 0/3 .00 Chartier 0/2 .00 After an OTL/SOL: 5-1-0-1 Praplan 1/2 .50 Hensick 0/1 .00 Scoring First: 27-5-1-4 Fonteyne 0/1 .00 Opponent Scoring First: 7-15-2-0 Gambrell 2/4 .50 Leading After 1 Period: 19-3-0-2 Halbgewachs 0/1 .00 Trailing After 1 Period: 4-10-2-0 Perron 2/4 .50 Tied After 1 Period: 11-7-1-2 True 2/5 .40 Leading After 2 Periods: 27-1-0-2 Wiederer 0/1 .00 Trailing after 2 periods: 4-13-2-0 Suomela 1/1 100 Tied After 2 Periods: 4-8-1-2 Wood 0/1 .00 Overtime Record: 1-3 Goaltender Record Saves/Att % Shootout record: 4-4 Bibeau 3-3 15/22 .68 Outshooting Opponent: 21-13-2-2 Korenar 1-1 3/5 .60 Outshot Opponent: 13-7-1-2 Situation For Against Even Shots: 1-0-0-0 5 on 5 147 127 Scoring 1 Goal: 1-7-0-0 5 on 4: 44 35 Scoring 2 goals: 6-4-1-2 5 on 3: 2 2 Scoring 3 goals: 5-6-1-2 4 on 4: 2 Scoring 4+ goals: 22-2-0-0 4 on 3: Allowing 1 goal: 12-1-0-0 3 on 3: 1 (1 – OT) 1 (1 – OT) Allowing 2 goals: 10-1-0-1 3 on 4: Allowing 3 goals: 4-4-1-3 3 on 5: Allowing 4+ goals: 4-15-1-0 4 of 5: 5 5 Day Game (Prior to 5 PM): 4-2-0-0 Extra Attacker: 4 1 Specialty Jersey: 5-1-0-0 Empty Net: 11 7 Penalty shot: Last Time When Regular Season All-Time Records SH GOAL FOR: 5x Last 3/23/19 at TUC John McCarthy vs. BAKERSFIELD: 23-15-2-4 (H: 12-7-1-2/R: 11-8-1-2) SH GOAL AGAINST: 3/10/19 vs STK Dillon Dube vs.